MVP
G Dawson Johnson (Castro Valley), Sr.

Co-Coaches of the Year
Nick Jones (CV), Aaron O’Brien (Mt. Eden), Brandon Parks (San Lorenzo), Doug Vierra (Bishop O’Dowd)

First team
G Joe Calub (Moreau Catholic), Sr.; F Derrick Clayton (CV), So.; G Kevin Clerkeley (ME), Sr.*; G/F Ali Faruqbey (SLZ), Jr.*; G Kendall Jackson (BOD), Sr.; G Dawson Johnson (CV), Sr.*; G Davis Kimble (Hayward), Sr.*; F Richard Longrus (BOD), Sr.*; F Shamil Sharma (ME), Sr.; G Davon Stewart (SLZ), Sr.

Honorable mention
F Sean Benson (CV), Sr.; F T.J. Booker (MC), Sr.; G Noel Briones (ME), Jr.; G/F Joshua Crum (BOD), Sr.; C T.J. Daniel (BOD), Sr.; F Marcus Green (BOD), Sr.; G Jalen McFerren (CV), So.; G Jeffrey Sands (Arroyo), Sr.; G Colin Suarez (MC), Jr.; G/F Dre Whitaker (Tennyson), Sr.

Follow the action during the Division III girls championship, Miramonte vs. Bishop O’Dowd, at 5 p.m.

Then join us for Division III boys championship, Campolindo vs. Bishop O’Dowd, at 7 p.m.

MVP
Griffin Piatt (Campolindo), Sr.

First team
Jamir Andrews (Dublin), Jr.; Kiran Shastri (Miramonte), Jr.; James Griffin (Acalanes), Sr.; Jack Evans (Campo), Jr.; Tyler Fidelibus (Las Lomas), Sr.

Second team
Joey Goodreault (Mira), So.; Kenrick Wong (Dougherty Valley), Sr.; Noah Orlik (Aca), So.; John Schmitz (Campo), Jr.; Eric Nielsen (Dub), Jr.

Honorable mention
Kevin Huber (Aca), Sr.; Buster Souza (Aca), So.; Blake Martin (Alhambra), Sr.; Justin Dunn (Campo), So.; Jerome Rufin (DV), Sr.; Devin Koeplin (Dub), Jr.; Khirey Carson (LL), Sr.; Max Lober (LL), Sr.; Ross Anderson (Mira), Sr.

We’ll have another live blog from the NCS basketball playoffs tonight, beginning at 6 p.m. with the girls games. We’ll have reporters at the Deer Valley vs. Berkeley, Casa Grande vs. Carondelet and International vs. St. Joseph games.

Then, we’ll also bring you action from the boys games at 8 p.m. with in-game reports from Deer Valley vs. De La Salle, Windsor vs. Newark Memorial and Branson vs. St. Joseph.

Here are the All-League teams, except for the BVAL and HAAL. I’ll update this post when I get them.
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Hey, soccer fans. It was another great season. Clutch goals … tremendous team defense … gallant goalkeeping … It all made for great theater and kept me riveted from start to finish.
The EBAL dominated in the NCS Division I playoffs with all four semifinalists, topped by champion Monte Vista, which showed poise beyond its years all season.

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